Hanna SHELEST

Member of the Board, Head of International Security Studies, "Ukrainian Prism"

Hanna Shelest, PhD, Editor-in-chief at UA: Ukraine Analytica and Member of the Board at the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism". Prior to this, she had served for more than 10 years as a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, Odessa Branch. In 2014, Dr. Shelest served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Dr. Shelest is an adviser of the Working Group preparing Ukrainian Navy Strategy 2035. Previously she had experience in PR and lobbying for government and business, as well as teaching at Odessa National University.

Her main research interests are foreign policy of Ukraine, conflicts resolution, security and cooperation, especially in the Wider Black Sea Region and the Middle East. She has more than 50 academic and more than 100 articles in media published worldwide. She is regular presenter at the international conferences and commenter for the media.